10 April 1929 - 30 April 2016
Click here to view the Death Notice in New Zealand Herald.
Funeral arrangements are through:
Morrison Funeral Directors
220 Universal Dr,
Henderson, 0610 NZ
Phone:+64 9-836 0029
The funeral will be at:
1 PM Saturday 14th May
Mt Albert Methodist Church
831 New North Road
Mt Albert, Auckland, NZ
Followed by cremation:
Waikumete Crematorium
4128 Great North Rd
Glen Eden, Waitakere 0602, NZ
Phone +64 9-818 5615
Edna Garner was notable for her pioneering work in New Zealand deaf education, promoting “total communication”, both as a Teacher of the Deaf at the Kelston Deaf Education Centre, and through her ministry work in the Auckland Methodist Mission and Hamilton Deaf Christian Fellowship. Rev Garner authored Indelible Imprints, An Introduction To The World Of Deaf Ministry. Edna became a teacher in 1951, teaching at Island Bay School in Wellington, and Westmere School in Auckland, New Zealand. Edna was active in Methodist Church congregations at the Trinity Methodist Church and the Island Bay Methodist Church in Wellington, New Zealand, the Chester Hill Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, New York (now First United Methodist Church), Bedford United Church in Nova Scotia, Canada, St. Austell’s Church in New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.
